Carroll Shelby Tribute and Car Show

It's been decades since Carroll Shelby turned the auto world upside down, stuffing big engines into little cars that, today, fetch astronomical prices. Now, a year and a day since one of the country's most renown automotive icons passed away (he died May 10, 2012), the man, and the many sports cars that bear his name, will be honored with the first annual Carroll Shelby Tribute and Car Show at the Carroll Shelby Foundation in Gardena.

About 100 Mustang-based Shelby GT350s and GT500s from the 1960s and '70s, as well as original Cobras and replicas, will be displayed at the show, including a GT350 used at the Carroll Shelby Racing School, an original 1963 289 Cobra, a never-restored GT350 barn find and the first production Shelby Cobra ever built – the CSX2001 now owned by Petersen Automotive Museum executive director Bruce Meyer.

Midway through the daylong event, Shelby owners will fire up their sports cars for a 30-second Rev Your Engine salute, after which former Shelby racers Don Prudhomme, John Morten and Alan Grant will wax nostalgic.

Coordinated by the Los Angeles Shelby American Automobile Club, with proceeds benefiting the Carroll Shelby Foundation, the show hopes to raise funds for a Carroll Shelby Museum in the facility once used by Shelby to distribute Goodyear Tires in the '70s by selling a selection of paintings, mugs and die cast cars signed by the late, great builder.

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